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Thousands gather with candles to march along the path that White Supremacists took the prior Friday with torches on the University of Virginia Campus in Charlottesville, United States on August 16, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Charlottesville: A Message to the UConn Community

'It is my commitment – it is my promise – that this will always remain a university that stands firmly for the virtues of democracy, equality, civil discourse, and human rights,' says President Herbst. Read more.

Exterior view of the Stamford residence hall. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

UConn Stamford Opens Student Housing

A new six-story building in Stamford that will house almost 300 students a year opens today, and its first residents will move in next week. Read more.

President Ronald Reagan makes a stump speech in front of a large American flag. (Photo by Wally McNamee/CORBIS via Getty Images)

If Father Knows Best, Is He Right?

Political scientist Jeffrey Dudas discusses the concept of fatherhood in the mid-20th century conservative movement through the personal histories of three iconic figures who continue to influence today’s politics. Read more.

A total solar eclipse is only visible from Earth when the moon is new and at a node, meaning the sun and Earth are aligned with the moon in the middle. (Yesenia Carrero/UConn Image)

A Total Eclipse of the Heart (of America)

On Aug. 21, a solar eclipse will be visible throughout North America for the first time in 38 years. UConn astronomer Cynthia Peterson explains what to expect. Read more.

This illustration from 1879 depicts the reaction of a group of indigenous people in South America when the lunar eclipse Christopher Columbus predicted actually happened on Feb. 29, 1504. (Camille Flammarion (Astronomie Populaire 1879) via Wikimedia Commons)

Eclipse as Omen: The Human Response

A UConn philosophy professor who has studied early astronomy across cultures discusses how humans have interpreted eclipses in history. Read more.

David Martinelli (standing), assistant professor of neuroscience, works with Rohit Makol '20 (ENG), an undergraduate in the UConn Health summer internship program. (Frank Barton/UConn Health Photo)

New Program Pairs Undergraduates with UConn Health Researchers

Forty UConn undergraduates in the Health Research Program worked with scientists at UConn Health this summer to explore different fields of medical research. Read more.

Track and field student-athlete Kyle Milliken '02 at a meet at UConn on April 7, 2001. (Bob Stowell for UConn Athletics)

Memorial Run to Honor Former Track and Field Alum

Join the Kyle Milliken Memorial Run on Sept. 16, a five-mile run in honor of track and field student-athlete and Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken '02 who was killed in action in May this year. Read more.

UConn in the News

Christian Science Monitor

Why are there still Nazis? These eight questions can help explain.

Washington Post

Heather Heyer is part of a long tradition of white anti-racism activists

Psychology Today

The Civil War Continues in Charlottesville

TIME magazine

Is Protein Powder Good For You?

Health Medicine Network

Raising the Minimum Wage Would Reduce Child Neglect Cases

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